Should polygamy be legal?

Polygamy is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. Worldwide, different societies variously encourage, accept or outlaw polygamy.

Polygamy should be legal

Argument for Everyone should be free to do anything that doesn't harm others. Marrying multiple people is a free choice between the parts involved and doesn't harm others, so it should be allowed.

Argument against When polygamy is allowed, polygyny (one man, many women) becomes more common than polyandry (one woman, many men), so in practice a polygamous society leads to a polygynous soceity, which violates the dignity of women.
Argument against Polygamy leads to some people having no spouses, which generates resentment and destabilizes society.
- Objection There's also some people with a lot of money and others with none, which generates resentment and destabilizes society, but we don't forbid people from having a lot of money just because other people can't handle it.
- Objection In a monogamous society, there's some people with a spouse and others without, and that doesn't cause particular resentment or social instability.
Argument against Polygamy implies that each spouse gets only a fraction of the time, attention, resources and love of their partner.

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